We cruised on the Victory last week (9/13 - 9/20/09). This was our 2nd time on this ship, the 1st time was 7 years ago. I found the decor to be garish and gaudy, which some people seemed to like. Not my style, but didn't really care about the decor. Let me start out by saying the staff was WONDERFUL. They couldn't have been friendlier or more helpful and I don't have one complaint about anyone who works on that ship. They work hard to make everyone's time on board nice, and they do an exceptional job. Especially security, who needed to work overtime to get people to stop bringing their children to the Adults Only pool. The sign means what it says. Adults. Only.

We really disliked the other passengers on this cruise! I don't believe the makeup of the passengers was indicative of many nice Puerto Rican families we've met in the past. Unfortunately, we encountered some of the rowdiest, rudest and loudest folk on this particular cruise than in eight previous cruises. Many times we were on line in the buffet only to be literally pushed out of the way, and getting in and out of the elevators was like taking our life into our hands. We could have been trampled by the kids running wild.

As for the itinerary, I think there were too many islands for us. I really missed having at sea days. Read more